Table 3.
Numbers of Expected and Observed Deaths and Standardized Mortality Ratios in a Prisoner Cohort, by Sex-Race Group, Georgia, 1991–2006a
Sex-Race Group | In Prison |
Out of Prison |
Overall |
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Obs | Exp | SMR | 95% CI | Obs | Exp | SMR | 95% CI | Obs | Exp | SMR | 95% CI | |
Men | ||||||||||||
Black | 215 | 324 | 0.66 | 0.58, 0.76 | 1,309 | 1,013 | 1.29 | 1.22, 1.36 | 1,524 | 1,292 | 1.18 | 1.12, 1.24 |
Nonblack | 182 | 142 | 1.28 | 1.10, 1.48 | 812 | 392 | 2.07 | 1.93, 2.22 | 994 | 503 | 1.98 | 1.86, 2.10 |
Women | ||||||||||||
Black | 6 | 5 | 1.21 | 0.44, 2.63 | 79 | 36 | 2.22 | 1.76, 2.76 | 85 | 40 | 2.13 | 1.70, 2.63 |
Nonblack | 3 | 4 | 0.79 | 0.16, 2.31 | 44 | 12 | 3.56 | 2.59, 4.78 | 47 | 16 | 2.92 | 2.14, 3.88 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; Exp, expected no. of deaths; Obs, observed no. of deaths; SMR, standardized mortality ratio.
Numbers of expected deaths may not add up to total numbers because of rounding.